Knitted fabric



July 9, 1946. N. FEINSTEIN 2,403,793

KNITTED FABRIG Filed 0st.- 27, 1944 e 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG. I

Needle 3 INVENTOR. Louls N. Femstem ye MW H is Attorney July 9, 1946. 1.. N. FEINSTEIN 254031793 KNITTED FABRIC Filed Oct. 27, 1944 2 Sheets-Shet 2 Stitch 2 Stitch ,0 Needle 4 NeectleB 23 T T v Nedle 2 Needle 1 INVENTOR. Louis N. Feinstei n BY I His Attorney v Patented July 9,

UNITED. STATE 5- PATENT OFFICE" nm'r'rnn manic Louis N. Feinstein, Brooklyn, is. Y., asslgnor to Sam Feinstein, Rebecca Feinstein, and Louis N.

Feinstein, doing business as Mills, New York, N. Y. Application October 27, 1944, Serial No. 560,528

5 Claims. (Cl 66-195) 1 This invention relates to knitted fabrics,,and particularly to fabrics known in the, trade as netting, veiling, hair nets, scarfs, dress materials, girdle cloth, bridal veils, and other like materialsemploying the type of loops as will hereinafter be described.

Broadly, it is an object of my invention to produce a knitted material very economically by automatic means. a a

More particularly, it is an object of my invention to provide a knitted fabric that can be produced very rapidly upon existing knitting machines.

There is a great deal .of netting produced on lace machines both abroad and in this country,

such netting being made of various types of yarns or threads. However, the cost of manufacturing such materials on lace machines is very great compared to the cost of manufacturing my knitted fabric on existing automatically operated machines well known in the trade.

It is, therefore, an object of my invention to imitate the production of knitted fabric made on lace machines; However, the structure I produce is entirely different than that made on such lace machines. However, the structure made by me and the arrangement of the threads in the knitted fabric when finished is such that it is difficult to tell whether the finished cloth has been made on a knitting machine. or upon a lace machine except by an expert under an enlarging glass.

By producing my knitted fabric upon a knitting machine the labor is comparatively small since such machines are veritably fully automatic, and great production can be obtained as compared to lace machine production.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and features of my invention reference is bad to the following detailed description in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. l is a greatly enlarged diagrammatic illustrationof the arrangements and interlocking of the two threads forming my knitted fabric.

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the relative position of the threads with relation to the needles of the knitting machine.

In producing my knitted fabric I use'the' type of knitting machines which have guide bars and needles which move alternately to one another;

that is, the guide bars move between and aroundthe needles. Such machines are of various makes and are constructed with the guide bars and needles as hereinbefore described.

These machines are characterized by guide Felnstein Knitting i 2 bars which carry the threads on to the needle bar.

The needle bar is moved by cams and the guide bars are moved by chains or pattern wheels consisting of links of different heights which through associated mechanism control the movements'of the guide bars and cause the needles to create loops which form the knitted fabric. The chains or the pattern wheel are designated by numbers in respect totheir relative height, and to form the knitted fabric it is necessary to set up the chains with links or pattern wheels according to a certain formula. When the hereinafter described formula is used, the knitting machine automatically creates the knitted fabric which is entirely different than any knitted fabric heretofore made on such knitting machines. I

The formula for the production of my knitted fabric is referred to in Fig. 2, as follows:

Chain 10, 2, 0, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2 Chain 2-0, 2, 0, 0, 4, 2, 4, 4.

My knitted cloth is knitted with two threads. The first thread is indicated by chain 1 in the above formula, while the second thread is indicated by chain 2 of 'the above formula. With this formula any one who is skilled in the knitted art can easily set up the machine to produce the desired fabric; a The knitted fabric may be constructed of cot ton, silk, rayon, acetates, wool, or mixtures of such. yarns, and any other yarns suitable for knitting and any desirable denier or ply may be i used. The knitted fabric may be made with a ting machine.-

heavier and lighter yarn, or a rayon and a cotton, or difierent combinations of yarn. My, knitted fabrics can also be made on any type gauge-knit- Of course, chain 2 may be placed in the position .of chain 1, as aforesaid, and chain 1 may be placed in the position of chain 2 as afore deindicates the front thread forming one of the series of knitted loops and ii indicates a back thread forming a parallel series alternating v I 3 and I3).

which interlocks with stitch I2 and the reverse knitted loops. The second thread is dotted to distinguish it from thread ID for convenience of illustration. It will be understood that while two threads are illustrated, a multiplicity of such threads are used and corresponding series of loops are formed simultaneously to form the knitted fabric. Thread I is formed into a stitch l2 and a loop stitch l3 which is reversed to form on needle I, thread H lays-in through the stitch stitch I4 and loop stitch i5. Stitch i2 and loop stitch it are duplicated in thread ill by stitch l2;

and loop stitch I 3'. i

As indicated in the drawings, the stitch i2 interlocks with the thread It forming one point of the diamond. The thread l0 then forms the loop stitch l3 interlocking the threads it and I1, and the stitch l2 which is formed by thread it). The thread I!) then-forms the succeeding stitch l4 and interlocks thread ii in the same manner as described for stitch l2. However, the loop stitch I5 is the reverse of the loop stitch l3 and passes through the stitch M formed by threads l0 and H and then forms a stitch l2 similar to stitch H as afore described, thus causing a continuous repetition of pattern. It should be noted that whereas the loop stitch 13 extends to the right to interlock with threads l6 and I1, the loop stitch extends to the left to interlock with-a parallel series of loops forming the other side of the diamond.

Thread ll forms stitch l8 which interlocks with stitch l2 and then forms a'reverse stitch l9 which interlocks with stitch l4 and loop stitch 2|! (which is similar in formation to loop stitch Thread ll then forms stitch l8 l3, etc., are loose to form legs, forming the sides of the diamond shape, and the stitches as aforesaid forming the points of such diamond shape, giving the appearance of knots at such points. The finished product appearsin the form of uniform diamonds. It is understood that the actual size of the diamonds may be smaller than the size indicated in Fig. 1, and the diamond shapes may be made of any desired size for different uses by adjusting the "take up upon the machine, or by other means well known in the art.

In Fig. 2 each complete circle represents-a stitch, each half circle represents an inlay, and the dotted line represents a loop. The dots within the circles represent needles. Of course, it is understood that guide bars (not shown) control the movement of the yarn around the needles.

The knitted fabric afore described can be made by reversing the direction of the threads, that is,

the threads that loop around the needles from right ,to left can be looped around the needles from left to right, thus in the final appearance the knitted fabrics made by this method will look virtually the same.

made on needle I by thread It, then passes to 7 needle 2 making .a stitch on needle 2. and wnile thread Ill makes the second stitch on needle 2, thread if lays-in through the stitch made on needle 2 by thread it.

Inns. 1, the threads tothe left of threads Hi and 'H are front threads 22 and back threads 23, indicated by white and black threads which interlock in the same manner as threads it and l i.

, It is obvious that various changes may be made in the knitting of my new type of knitted fabric without departing from the general spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. A knitted fabric comprising front and back threads characterized by a uniform pattern of diamond shaped openings, consisting of said front and back threads, each front thread formed into a series of loops extending altemately at opposite sides and interlocked with a series of knitted loops on the oppositesides thereof, each back thread being alternately knitted and laid-in and interlocking a series of loops.

2. A knitted fabric comprising front and back threads characterized by a uniform pattern of diamond shaped openings, consisting of said front and back threads, each front thread formed into a series of stitches and loop stitches extending alternately at opposite sides and interlocked, with a series of knitted loops on the opposite sides thereof, cash back thread being alternately knitted and laid-in on opposite sides and interlocked with the series of stitches and alternately interlocked with the series of loop stitches. H

3. A-knitted fabric comprising front and pack threads characterized by a uniform pattern of diamond shaped openings, consisting of said front and back threads, each front thread forming a series of stitches and loop stitches extending alternately at opposite sides. said loop stitches forming two sides of each diamond shaped opening, each back thread being alternately knitted and interlocking with the series of stitches and loop stitches, the back and front thread forming the other. two sides of each diamond shaped I opening.

4. A knitted fabric comprising front and back threads characterized by a uniform pattern of diamond shaped openings, two sides of each diamond being formed of front threads only and the other two sides being formed of front and back threads.

5. A knitted fabric comprising front and back threads characterized by a uniform pattern of diamond shaped openings, two sides of each diamond being formed of front threads only and the other two sides being formed of front and back LOUIS N. FEINS'I'EIN. 

